Salary Range:

$143,250.00 - $238,750.00

Job Description:

Confluent Medical Technologies is dedicated to working collaboratively with our customers, taking their projects from rapid prototype into high volume production. Our unparalleled technical expertise, proven experience and partnership with our clients has allowed us to perfect the process necessary to deliver world-class medical devices through innovative material science, engineering, and manufacturing. Our primary capabilities include: Nitinol components, balloon expandable stents and balloon catheters, delivery systems, biomedical textiles, access kits, and guidewires. We take pride in our position as the leader in the medical technology space and are driven by a passion to create products that our clients have envisioned for their customers.

 

As a uniquely qualified candidate, you will:

• Leverage experience in laser material processing to identify/ integrate/evaluate new laser sources, beam delivery, and optical equipment to enable best in class laser cutting for Nitinol, L605, MP35N and polymer materials (including PET, PEBAX, PTFE, PI, and others)
  • Work with Process Engineering Manager to scope out capital equipment, identify vendors, and create road map for new processes based on sound testing and demonstrated feasibility
  • Evaluate and integrate automation (simple to complex) equipment for material handling
  • Investigate potential new laser cutting and welding technologies, collaborate with applications/outside labs for proof of concept
• Continue ongoing efforts for CAM related improvements for laser cutting of tubes, sheet, and flat materials
• Support and provide equipment guidelines and tooling modifications for process improvements and automation
• Process development and implementation for applications such as laser cutting, welding, scribing, marking and any other micromachining
  • Includes laser cutting and welding process development, including programming, motion system tuning, optimization, parameter development, troubleshooting
• Follow health, safety and environmental programs for preventative maintenance – adhering to safety protocols and ensuring that all hazards are properly managed.
• Develop strategic processing goals and objectives and integrate processes into value streams.

How much should you know?

• BS degree in a relevant discipline and 7-8 or more years of related engineering experience.  Or:
• MS degree and 5 or more years of related engineering experience.
• Ph. D degree in science/engineering field and 3 or more years of related engineering experience

You will have an edge if you . . .

• Have extensive laser and tool integration experience.
• Have solid background in SolidWorks/CAD design.
• Have significant engineering expertise relating to fixture design for laser cutting/welding.
• Experience in the medical device industry.

• Possess good English communication skills – both written and oral.
• Experience with laser scanning systems (galvo and polygon)
• Experience with robotic motion programming (Denso preferred)
• Experience with vision systems and programming
• Experience programming multi-axis motion systems